Tapas excites me. There, I said it. What other eating style allows you to order half a dozen dishes each and survey them like a greedy child? A dizzying array of little terracotta pots sit before you, deep with spice, wine and aroma. I had a craving for this the other day so boshed together a couple of tapas style […]
Read moreAnother one from the slow cooker, this time the dull-named ‘savoury pork casserole’ which takes it’s inspiring title from the 1986 Russell Hobbs manual from which it came. I can’t even bring myself to write out a full recipe as it was so achingly boring, but it was pork, onions, peppers, button mushrooms, thyme and tinned tomatoes slow cooked together […]
Read moreThis was another test for the slow cooker – a sturdy bolognese recipe. This one is lifted from this month’s Delicious magazine. It’s much more complicated than my personal favourite recipe but they both have merit. The results were very good – it was missing something, perhaps a little acidity – but very satisfying for something left alone for 7 […]
Read moreI made another omelette (though with pancetta instead of chorizo this time, all smoky and perfumed) and wanted some sort of side salad to balance it out. I hit upon the idea of juicy tomatoes paired with sharp raw shallot. I didn’t want the onion too raw so I allowed them to break down a little in vinegar for a […]
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